冠词词组定冠词不定冠词和零冠词

冠词用法补充知识

1.定冠词the 可以用在表示海洋，河流，山脉，群岛，某些国名，组织

机构，报纸，杂志，书籍，会议，条约，信仰等名词前。如：

the Atlantic 大西洋

the Sahara 撒哈拉沙漠

the Yangtze ( the Yangtze River) 长江

the Philippines 菲律宾群岛

the Netherlands荷兰

the Thames 泰晤士河

the Alps 阿尔卑斯山

the Grand Canal 大运河

the Taiwan Strait 台湾海峡

the Yellow Sea 黄海

the Antarctic Circle 南极圈the Senate 参议院

the House of Representatives众议院（美国）

the Duma 杜马

the House of Commons 下议院（英国）

the Book of Poetry 诗经

the Three Gorges 三峡

the Louvre 卢浮宫

the Imperial Palace故宫

the Pentagon 五角大楼

Note: ①但是下列这类名词前零冠词：

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②含有Mount , Lake, Cape 等表示孤岛，独山，湖泊的名词前一般不加

定冠词，但中国湖泊名词前却常带定冠词。如：

Lake Baikal 贝加尔湖

Hainan Island

Mt, Fuji 富士山

Mt. Ali阿里山

Lake Michigan Cape of Good Hope 好望角

Mount Jolmo Lungma 珠穆朗玛峰the Dongting Lake

the Taihu Lake

2.下列惯用语中要求用定冠词

at the same time

by the way

all the year round

in the distance

on the run 在流传

on the spot

at the scene

at the end of …

for the better 好转

in the long run

on the side of 在某人一边on the ground

to the left on the increase

on the whole

with the exception of 除…外go to the doctor

take the consequence

be armed to the teeth

in the end

for the time being

on the air 在播送中，流传

on the other hand

by the hour

in the shade

on the way

the other day 前几天under the circumstances to tell the truth

go to the theater break the ice 打破沉默keep the peace 维持治安show sb. the door

（不客气地）请某人离开

3.下列成对使用的名词或名词，形容词等固定搭配中，零冠词。

这类用法的词，词义有些很接近，有些指同一事物或含有对比，对照的含义。如：

right and wrong friend and foe

side by side husband and wife rich and poor

town and country pencil and notebook track and field face to face

father and son from right to left young and old

arm in arm hand in hand

pen and ink

from south to north

hands and knees

bread and butter

step by step

all in all

head and shoulders 远胜于hand and foot 手脚一起，周到地back to back

time after time

word for word

bit by bit

back and forth from top to bottom light and dark

fish and chips

law and order life for life

from cover to cover one by one

from ear to ear 咧嘴笑inch by inch

4.下列短语有无定冠词意思不同。如果名词表示的是具体的建筑物或事

物，有定冠词the，但如果是与这些建筑物或事物有关的情形或活动，或表明其用途或作用等则零冠词。

如：

in red

in the red

in office

in the office behind time behind the time in school

in the school

in hospital

in the hospital in class in the class

out of office

out of the office

in secret

in the secret

keep house

keep the house

come out of prison /hospital come out of the prison /hospital go to school /university

go to the school /university